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MR elastography aids characterization of liver disease

By Wayne Forrest

Tuesday, December 3 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSG05-06 | Room E351A group from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, has found that MR elastography can differentiate between two types of liver disease: noncirrhotic and cirrhotic portal hypertension.

November 5, 2019

Blood vessel disease is best explored with MRI

By Wayne Forrest

Tuesday, December 3 | 10:40 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | SSG10-02 | Room N229In this session, researchers will report on MRI's efficacy in assessing the dysfunction of blood vessels in the brain, or intracranial vasculopathies.

November 5, 2019

How suitable is CESM as a breast MRI alternative?

By Kate Madden Yee

Tuesday, December 3 | 10:40 a.m.–10:50 a.m. | SSG01-02 | Room S102CDAt this Tuesday morning session, German researchers will explore how suitable contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) is as an alternative to MRI for breast cancer screening.

November 5, 2019

MRI pinpoints important cardiomyopathy indicators

By Wayne Forrest

Monday, December 2 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSC02-05 | Room S401CDWith the right indicators, cardiac MRI can be used to detect and monitor cardiomyopathy in women after their first round of chemotherapy to treat breast cancer, say investigators from Germany.

November 5, 2019

Abbreviated breast MRI improves screening outcomes

By Kate Madden Yee

Monday, December 2 | 9:05 a.m.-9:15 a.m. | RC215-04 | Arie Crown TheaterIn this talk, Canadian researchers will discuss how an abbreviated breast MRI screening protocol in women with a high risk for breast cancer leads to fewer false positives and benign biopsies when compared with a conventional protocol -- and doesn't compromise the cancer detection rate.

November 5, 2019

Are MRI scans safe for patients with metal piercings?

By Wayne Forrest

Sunday, December 1 | 12:05 p.m.-12:15 p.m. | SSA22-09 | Room E353AShould clinicians proceed with an MRI scan if a patient refuses to remove a metal piercing? Researchers from the University of Rochester put that question to the test. They found that the answer depends on the accessory.

November 5, 2019

Carestream debuts new retrofit DR detector

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health has unveiled Focus 35C, a retrofit digital radiography (DR) detector geared toward bringing DR technology to specialty practices and small medical practices and hospitals.

November 4, 2019

Parenchymal enhancement on MRI linked to breast cancer risk

By Kate Madden Yee

Thursday, December 5 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSQ01-05 | Room S406BIn this award-winning session, University of Pittsburgh researchers will discuss how background parenchymal enhancement imaged by dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI provides additional diagnostic information compared with using tumor-derived radiomics data alone.

November 4, 2019

Is DBT in younger women harmful or helpful?

By Kate Madden Yee

Wednesday, December 4 | 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | BR280-SD-WEB7 | Lakeside, BR Community, Station 7The benefits of screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) in women between the ages of 40 and 49 outweigh the harms, according to research to be shared Wednesday afternoon.

November 4, 2019

Ultrasound tomography helps characterize breast cancer

By Kate Madden Yee

Wednesday, December 4 | 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | BR278-SD-WEB5 | Lakeside, BR Community, Station 5In this poster presentation, researchers will discuss how ultrasound tomography is a feasible and accurate tool for characterizing stiffness of breast lesions.

November 4, 2019

Trust whole-breast US for supplemental breast cancer screening

By Kate Madden Yee

Wednesday, December 4 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSK02-09 | Room E450AWhole-breast ultrasound performed by a technologist is an effective way to provide adjuvant screening to women with dense breast tissue, according to research to be presented on Wednesday morning.

November 4, 2019

Screening frequency key influence on recall rates

By Kate Madden Yee

Wednesday, December 4 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSK01-06 | Room E451BIn this session, researchers will share how age and race strongly influence breast cancer screening recall rates, but screening frequency and modality have greater impact.

November 4, 2019

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